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Gymnema sylvestre is a perennial woody vine native to Asia, Africa and Australia. It has been used in Ayurvedic medicine. Common names include gymnema, Australian cowplant, and Periploca of the woods, and the Hindi term gurmar, which means "sugar destroyer".

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  1. mesh:

    n A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

    n The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.

    n The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

    n A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.

    n (computer graphics) A polygon mesh.

    n (electronics) In mesh analysis: a loop in an electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied).

    v (transitive, intransitive) To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.

    v (intransitive, figurative, by extension) To fit in; to come together harmoniously.

    v (transitive) To catch in a mesh.


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